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FURSUIT REVIEW FORM

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Your Username
https://www.instagram.com/kuromi_akumura/


Name of Maker and Links
https://www.facebook.com/PyropeCostumes/


Your Relationship With The Maker
The maker is NOT a friend


Item Being Reviewed
Character name, type of commission, etc. This will be used to help title the submission on FursuitReview
Akizuki Tail without a discernable style as a commission.


Species of Character
Fox Dragon Hybrid






Character Concept Art
https://sta.sh/0kyyheia2bb




Photos of Completed Product
https://sta.sh/01yisg33dl4k
https://sta.sh/0xqwyzpwudd
https://sta.sh/0il6oosyoml
https://sta.sh/01rue9ag9d95


Price Paid
550 AUD paid in a lump sum


Do you have any prior experience with fursuits?
Yes, I own a fursuit.


How many hours have you worn/used the item(s) you're reviewing?
Give your best estimate.
15~ hours


Date Commissioned or Bought
February 2018


Date Completed or Shipped
April 2018

Shipping Origin
Mexico

Did the maker finish the item by the expected date (ETA)?
YES - the ETA was accurate


Did you tell the maker about any issues you had?
Yes, and the maker blamed everything on me somehow.

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TAILS
The following questions ask you to explain how satisfied you are with each feature of the tail(s) of the costume.

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Wear Satisfaction
Please describe how it is to wear these pieces of your costume.
The pink underside is twisted over the tail and it’s all distorted.

The bright pink mane isn’t straight and twisted to the side.

The back stripes don’t match up on either side.

The underbelly stripes are backwards.

Only half shaved and shaving is very messy, in patches and uneven.

Appearance Satisfaction
Please describe how satisfied you are with how your costume pieces look from the outside.
The pink underside is twisted over the tail and it’s all distorted.

The bright pink mane isn’t straight and twisted to the side.

The stripes don’t match up on either side.

The underbelly V stripes are backwards (despite telling PyropeCostumes many times that she needed to fix this in the patterning stages.)

Only half shaved and shaving is very messy, in patches and uneven. The tail is completely twisted around, when it should be flat at the underside.

This is an amateur mistake and lazy work that wasn’t watching what the pattern and sewing was doing.

The tail is full of holes.

The incorrect tail tip colour was used, I specifically requested lavender candy shag, confirmed this with the maker, and she used white without telling me.

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OVERALL SATISFACTION
The following questions ask how satisfied you are with the overall buying experience, including your interactions with the maker and the resulting final product.

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How was your concept art realized?
She did not do the markings correctly despite me offering her multiple consistent reference sheets.

She did the lavender V markings on the underbelly completely wrong. I told her this about 3 times. She said she would fix it but did not.

I had to correct her multiple times to do the stripe markings, and they are still not fully correct.

I specified that I wanted candy shag lavender fur for the tip of the tail and she gave me white without even asking me if that was OK.




How well does everything fit together and match up?
The stripes do not match up. Nothing on the tail matches up correctly. It does not look close to what the quality I expected would be.




How easy was it to initially contact the maker for a quote?
Easy, via Facebook.


How satisfied are you with the response time from the maker?
How long did it take the maker to get back to you?
Horrible.

There was barely any contact and I was ignored for days or weeks.

I had to try to get their friend to call them just for them to see my messages.

I am fairly sure I was put on mute that’s why nothing I sent was getting though and seen.

They never asked me for approvals to continue they just kept going without showing me what changes they were making.

I kept getting ignored on everything I was asking to be fixed and lack of any WIPS given of the progress of what they were doing. Only showing me small snips and not correcting what I asked for.

It took them so long just to give me my tracking number, and it wasn't even the correct one. I had to ask their friend to call them to get my correct tracking number because PyropeCostumes ignored me.


How satisfied are you with the professionalism and customer service and of the maker?
She was very unprofessional. She blamed me for her getting the markings wrong.

I specified I absolutely needed my tail done for a certain con, and she confirmed she could do it no problem. I was not shown a TOS.

It was a month before the con I specified I needed my tail by and she wanted to just cancel because she was having issues with her sewing machine. I was freaking out because I should I wouldn’t be able to find anyone who could make a long complicated tail and order fur and ship it back in time.

She refused to hand sew my tail when I asked, then turned around and agreed to hand sew it. She then told me shortly afterwards that it would be machine sewn as she would get a sewing machine from her friend.

I thought it was going well and wasn’t looking too bad.

I then received a sudden final completed picture of the tail, and realised they cut all the fur off one one half when she is meant to have fur. The tail was twisted in the completed picture, but she bent it to the side so you could not tell that it was twisted, it just looked like she had flopped the tail over.

I asked them at least if they could shave the other half so it matches, since it was uneven.

They said they will.

It was meant to be shipped out the next day. But after two weeks of ignoring me they told me that it’s still hasn’t been shipped out and my con was in a few weeks.

They eventually shipped it out, but told me the shipping price for a box that one 1 pound was $350 AUS which didn’t add up at all!! I did get express shipping, but that price still did not make sense.

I got the tail and found the tail twisted, crooked, and distorted with messy seams, markings that didn't match up, and half shaved. She did not shave the tail like she said she would. The shaving she did do was messy and patchy.

The markings were still all wrong on the underside.

I told the maker about this, and she blamed the tail being crooked on me, for 'being in the box too long and making tension on the seams. After turning the tail inside out, it was clear that it was just cut crooked and sewn crookedly and rushed. Maker then turned around and posted a beware on me for being 'too difficult to deal with.'


How satisfied are you with how long your project took to complete?
They met my deadline, but barely. I had to pay for express shipping (which she refused to pay any part of) and the tail is so rushed and sloppy.


Are you happy with the product you received?
No! I'm very unsatisfied.


Describe your overall experience with this maker.
I don't recommend her to anyone.

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FINAL SCORE
FursuitReview scores by having you answer the following question: Would you recommend this maker to another?
Pick one of the scores below that you feel honestly reflects your commissioning experience as a whole, including the quality of your item(s), the appearance, and how you were treated by the maker.

NO


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[YES] Positive = The reviewer would recommend this maker to another
[OK] Neutral = The reviewer may or may not recommend this maker, depending on certain circumstances (reviewer clarifies what these are)
[NO] Negative = The reviewer would not recommend this maker to another, unless the maker significantly changes their practices

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